At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Class A Trio, who had remained silent.
Although Takemoto Shigeru and Machida Koji also listened to Ichinose's suggestion and even felt that there was nothing wrong with it, they did not make any move to express their stance.
Their eyes drifted to Kazehara Tetsu sitting in the middle from time to time, seeming to be waiting for his verdict.
This invisible pressure shifted the focus of the room to Kazehara Tetsu.
Kazehara Tetsu leaned on the back of the chair, his posture a little lazy.
One of his hands was resting on the table, the other hand was holding the phone, and his fingers were sliding slowly across the screen.
What is displayed on the screen is the list of twelve groups of people who have just been counted in the Class A group.
Then, he clicked on the chat box of Ichinose Honami.
His fingers tapped lightly a few times.
Send.
"Buzz..."
Not far away, Ichinose Honami's mobile phone placed on the table vibrated.
This sudden sound stunned Ichinose who was about to speak again.
Ichinose Honami subconsciously picked up the phone.
Sender: Kazehara Tetsu.
She subconsciously looked at Kazehara Tetsu, but saw that the other party did not look at her. He just raised his chin slightly to signal her to look at her phone.
Ichinose Honami felt an inexplicable doubt in his heart.
We are obviously in the same room, right across from each other, why are we sending messages?
Ichinose Honami lowered his head and clicked on the unread message.
In an instant, her expression suddenly changed, and even the hand holding the phone trembled.
On the screen, there were only three simple names.
Those are the names of the three "Favored One" belonging to Class B distributed among other different Small Group!
How is this possible?
The exam has only started less than half a day ago, and the first round of discussions has not even ended yet. This man... has actually seen through Class B's trump card?
And it's not just this Small Group, it's also the information about other Small Group...
How did he do it?
Is it reasoning?
Or... some more terrifying insight?
The so-called "Result One" cooperation proposal became so feeble at this moment.
Once the other party learns the true identity of Favored One, the so-called bargaining chips will be completely reduced to zero.
Ichinose Honami raised his head suddenly and looked at the boy opposite with disbelief.
"Let's talk after we leave."
Ichinose Honami took a deep breath and suppressed the turmoil in his heart.
She knew that she had lost the control now, so she could only nod silently.
Others in the conference room did not see the content on their mobile phones, but looked at the strange interaction between the two people with puzzled faces.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Manabe Shiho frowned in displeasure, "Class A, do you agree to cooperate or not?"
Kazehara Tetsu put away the phone, glanced at her lightly, and ignored her.
Seeing that Class A and Class B were in some strange impasse, Manabe Shiho felt bored.
Her eyes wandered around the room, and finally landed on the rather high-profile girl in the Class D area.
Karuizawa Kei.
"Right."
Manabe Shiho seemed to suddenly remember something.
"I said, is your name Karuizawa Kei?"
Karuizawa Kei was playing with his mobile phone boredly when he heard someone calling his name and subconsciously raised his head.
"Huh? I'm Karizawa. What's the matter?"
"Summer Vacation ago, when you were queuing up at the school cafe, did you have a conflict with a girl named Rika?"
Manabe Shiho's voice was not loud, but it had an aggressive sense of interrogation.
"Rika?"
Karuizawa Kei's eyes flickered for a moment, then he frowned, "I don't know. Who is that?"
"Don't act stupid."
Manabe Shiho has no intention of letting her go.
"Rika complained to us in tears, saying that he was bullied by Class D, a girl named Karizawa, who deliberately cut in line and was knocked away."
The smell of gunpowder in the air suddenly became stronger.
The original discussion about the exam was forcibly interrupted.
Karuizawa Kei's heart skipped a beat.
The dark memory of being "bullied" that was buried deep in her heart began to feel a dull pain in her mind as Manabe Shiho approached.
She instinctively wanted to escape, but her reason told her that she must not expose her weakness here.
She must maintain her "strong girl" persona. This is the only way for her to survive in this school.
"I told you I don't know you! There are so many people queuing up in the coffee shop every day, so it's common for us to bump into each other or jump in line, right?"
Karuizawa Kei raised his chin and fought back with a more arrogant tone, trying to overwhelm the other party with his momentum, "Besides, is your friend too fragile? He has to complain about such a trivial matter?"
"Fragile?"
Manabe Shiho was irritated by these words, and she slammed the table with a loud "bang" sound.
"You guys have such a bad character! Did you do something wrong and you didn't even apologize?"
"Since you don't admit it, it's easy to handle."
As Manabe Shiho spoke, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, turned on the camera mode, and pointed the lens directly at Karuizawa Kei's face.
"I will take a photo and send it to Rika now to let her confirm if it is you. If it is you..."
"It won't be as simple as an apology then."
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Looking at the camera pointed at him, Karuizawa Kei finally panicked.
If the photo is sent out, if Rika confirms that it is her, if Class C these people use this as an excuse to cause trouble...
The status she has finally established in this school, and the stable life she has enjoyed under the protection of Hirata Yosuke, are likely to collapse as a result.
"Don't film me! You have no right to do this, put your phone down!"
"Are you feeling guilty?"
Not only did Manabe Shiho not stop, but he took a step closer. The phone camera almost hit Karuizawa Kei's face. "If you don't feel guilty, what does it matter if you take a photo?"
"That's right, just to confirm." Yabu Nanami next to him also helped.
The feeling of helplessness came like a tide, drowning Karuizawa Kei.
She looked around in panic, trying to find a life-saving straw.
Yukimura Teruhiko?
Not long ago, on Uninhabited Island, I had just had a big quarrel with him over the matter of Hirata. The nerd was looking here with an indifferent look, obviously not intending to intervene.
Sotohara Hideo?
The person who only knows how to be addicted to the virtual world is lowering his head and wants to bury his face in the table. There is no hope at all.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka?
That gloomy guy has a terrifyingly low sense of presence. He looks unreliable and is probably someone who is afraid of trouble.
His eyes turned to Class B. Ichinose Honami was frowning and wanted to speak to dissuade him, but Top Student's sense of justice seemed too dazzling and too fragile to Karuizawa Kei.
Moreover, Ichinose's reasonable approach may not be able to control bad girls like Manabe.
What to do?
What should we do?
In despair, Karuizawa Kei's eyes finally fell on the area of Class A.
There were three people sitting there, but the boy in the middle was obviously the leader.
Kazehara Tetsu.